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Raid Controller for my Server

qwertyiopqwertyiop Member Posts: 725 ■■■□□□□□□□
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I have a Supermicro 5046A-XB and its motherboard a Super C7X58 .

I have 4TB drives and the system is only seeing 1.8TB on each drive.

Is this a limitation of the internal host controller? Ifso do you guys recommend a controller that will support my drives?
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    vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Is the OS not seeing more than 1.8TB or the RAID config?
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    undomielundomiel Member Posts: 2,818
    Sounds like you're using MBR not GPT.
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    EveryoneEveryone Member Posts: 1,661
    Only seeing that where, in the O/S?

    That isn't a real RAID controller on that motherboard, most onboard controllers never are. That just supports software RAID modes.
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    EveryoneEveryone Member Posts: 1,661
    undomiel wrote: »
    Sounds like you're using MBR not GPT.

    ^^ Also this... good catch.
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    qwertyiopqwertyiop Member Posts: 725 ■■■□□□□□□□
    vCole wrote: »
    Is the OS not seeing more than 1.8TB or the RAID config?


    Same goes with the OS, part of the BIOS recognizes that I have 4TB droves but when I select the individual drives it says its 1.8TB in size. Thats why I wonder if it might be the controller
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    WafflesAndRootbeerWafflesAndRootbeer Member Posts: 555
    What OS are you using?
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    qwertyiopqwertyiop Member Posts: 725 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Win Server 08, I just got an email from their tech support asking my to update the firmware , funny thing is that the firmware on the site hasnt been updated since 2010
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    WafflesAndRootbeerWafflesAndRootbeer Member Posts: 555
    qwertyiop wrote: »
    Win Server 08, I just got an email from their tech support asking my to update the firmware , funny thing is that the firmware on the site hasnt been updated since 2010

    Try the latest Intel drivers as they seem to have some fixes that apply to your setup.
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    qwertyiopqwertyiop Member Posts: 725 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Guy's I just wanted to update you. I flashed the BIOS with the new firmware that by the way isnt located on their site and it now recognizes my 4TB drives
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